Vilaiti Keekar (Prosopis juliflora)

[J.M. Garg]

Pictures taken at Hodal, Distt. Faridabad, Haryana in the first week of Nov.'07. Most common with Babool  (Acacia nilotica) & Jhand (Prosopis cineraria) in the area. I have seen village people depending on it for fire-wood as it quickly grows providing for it. It is widely seen growing all around. Leaves are twice-feathered with 1 to 2 pairs of side-stalks.

Prosopis is a genus of about 45 species of leguminous spiny trees and shrubs found in subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas, Africa and southwest Asia. They often thrive in arid soil and are resistant to droughts, on occasion developing extremely deep root systems. Their wood is usually hard, dense and durable. Their fruits are pods and may contain large amounts of sugar. This information taken from Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosopis

Here is a link giving details of Prosopis juliflora http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Prosopis_juliflora.html#Description

It's sometimes considered a menace/pest as per the following link: http://in.news.yahoo.com/071104/20/6mt5e.html
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With regards,
J.M.Garg
"What ultimately remains, is the hand you extend to others"
For my Birds, Butterflies, Trees pictures etc., visit  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/J.M.Garg
For learning about our trees & plants, please visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en

[vinod kumar gupta]

We were just exchanging mails regarding size of image and then this mail

 

Too big for comfort,I am fraid

 

Vinod

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[J.M. Garg]

Vinod ji,

As per the guidelines, each attachment size has to be max. 150 Kb (which is required to maintain some quality of the picture). But one can have many attachments to illustrate different aspects of a tree/plant. One may open one or more attachments depending upon what one wants to see or be satisfied with the thumbnails only.

 

On 1/9/08, vinod kumar gupta <vkgupt...@yahoo.com> wrote:

We were just exchanging mails regarding size of image and then this mail

 

Too big for comfort,I am fraid

 

Vinod

 

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From: J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com >
To: indiantreepix <indian...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 9, 2008 6:10:17 PM
Subject: [Indiantreepix] Vilaiti Keekar (Prosopis juliflora)

Pictures taken at Hodal, Distt. Faridabad, Haryana in the first week of Nov.'07. Most common with Babool  (Acacia nilotica) & Jhand (Prosopis cineraria) in the area. I have seen village people depending on it for fire-wood as it quickly grows providing for it. It is widely seen growing all around. Leaves are twice-feathered with 1 to 2 pairs of side-stalks.

Prosopis is a genus of about 45 species of leguminous spiny trees and shrubs found in subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas, Africa and southwest Asia. They often thrive in arid soil and are resistant to droughts , on occasion developing extremely deep root systems. Their wood is usually hard, dense and durable. Their fruits are pods and may contain large amounts of sugar. This information taken from Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosopis

Here is a link giving details of Prosopis juliflora http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Prosopis_juliflora.html#Description

It's sometimes considered a menace/pest as per the following link: http://in.news.yahoo.com/071104/20/6mt5e.html
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With regards,
J.M.Garg
"What ultimately remains, is the hand you extend to others"
For my Birds, Butterflies, Trees pictures etc., visit   http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/J.M.Garg
For learning about our trees & plants, please visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en

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